Job 29:19 · KJV
“My root {was} spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. {spread...: Heb. opened}”
— Job 29:19
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply {my} days as the sand.
My glory {was} fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. {fresh: Heb. new} {renewed: Heb. changed}
Job 29 — Context
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. {the jaws: Heb. the jawteeth, or, the grinders} {plucked: Heb. cast}
18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply {my} days as the sand.
19My root {was} spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. {spread...: Heb. opened}
20My glory {was} fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. {fresh: Heb. new} {renewed: Heb. changed}
21Unto me {men} gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Cross References
Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and {that} spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. {drought: or, restraint}
Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. {wither: Heb. fade}
Hosea 14:5-7
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. {grow: or, blossom} {cast...: Heb. strike}
Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.